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Influence of Lateral Connectivity on Channel Characteristics in (Post)Glacial Landscapes
Postglacial mountainous regions are characterized by wide valleys with steep walls, over-deepened valley segments linked with abrupt topographic steps, and thick sediment deposits on valley floors which grow and decay as the paraglacial period progresses. In many formerly glaciated regions, despite over ten thousand years of modification by non-glacial processes, the landscape characteristics and process behaviors are still dominantly controlled by the glacial legacy. In this paper we examine the pace and style of landscape evolution in paraglacial mountainous settings in comparison to fluvially-dominated systems. In particular, the paper will explore how variable valley geometries control lateral connectivity and influence sediment sources, sediment delivery to the channel network, and the geometry and morphology of contemporary channels in previously glaciated mountainous basins.
Influence of Lateral Connectivity on Channel Characteristics in (Post)Glacial Landscapes
Postglacial mountainous regions are characterized by wide valleys with steep walls, over-deepened valley segments linked with abrupt topographic steps, and thick sediment deposits on valley floors which grow and decay as the paraglacial period progresses. In many formerly glaciated regions, despite over ten thousand years of modification by non-glacial processes, the landscape characteristics and process behaviors are still dominantly controlled by the glacial legacy. In this paper we examine the pace and style of landscape evolution in paraglacial mountainous settings in comparison to fluvially-dominated systems. In particular, the paper will explore how variable valley geometries control lateral connectivity and influence sediment sources, sediment delivery to the channel network, and the geometry and morphology of contemporary channels in previously glaciated mountainous basins.
Influence of Lateral Connectivity on Channel Characteristics in (Post)Glacial Landscapes
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Dutta, Subashisa (editor) / Chembolu, Vinay (editor) / Hassan, Marwan A. (author) / Turley, Mike (author) / Reid, David A. (author) / Bird, Stephen (author) / Abbey, Porter (author)
International Conference on River Corridor Research and Management ; 2022
2023-08-18
27 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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